I'll be very blunt. Anyone who wants to see a voluptious big-breasted mercenary with 2 pairs of guns (yes, I said 2 pairs; guess which ones I'm referring to ) in a gritty contempory atmosphere blowing stuff up, this series delivers it!

This is also including some really kickass action sequences from Madhouse (which I'm surprised that it's really fluid; I REALLY hope they don't drop the ball with this one), and a hard rock/techno OP song from I've Sound MELL (see, they don't just do J-pop songs for cutesy bishoujo series ).

From the looks of the credits, it seems like Geneon USA was involved in the production of the series, so I guess I can make an assumption that this got prelicensed.

The series is definitely worth a look, who can resist a semi-psychotic woman with big guns. The main male character is amusingly pathetic without taking it to exaggerated heights. I thought the action sequences were generally nice, though it would be nice if the laws of physics weren't completely missing at times.

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"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

I love the little mischievous things we see on Levi in the intro... ["you" drawn on cheek with raspberry, very tasty... lyrical synch? w00t]

The song is in Engrish too! anyone got something that resembles the lyrics...?

I'll try to see if I can hear it out... lol

Gotta love the butt shots of Levi fiddling with her 9mm cutlass sword in the intro as well...

yay*

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

Kalium wrote:Black Lagoon has just as much badittude as Speed Grapher. Unlike the latter, it knows exactly what to do with it.

Verdict: f-ing awesome!

agreed

guilty: of being f-ing awesome

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

I read in another thread that someone complained about this 'mature' looking Levi then the loli-Levi in the manga. I got the manga and shes' NOTHING BUTT sexy mature... The manga had her with Bi'guns... er yeah...

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV

Episode 3 was indeed PURE BADASS!!! Levi was like jumping boat to boat wasting guys and blowing up their boats in the process while listening to some hard techno music. You should have seen how she handled that grenade launcher. HOT DAMN!!!

"Strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me..." - Kamahl, Pit Fighter from Magic: the Gathering"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV